Quadruple split.

Chapter 2794 Random thoughts

Wang Badan thought he had been very generous in this move.

Obviously, he didn't actually eat anything dirty. Although Ji Xiaoge did make fried eggs, the clever turtle had already secretly destroyed, disposed of, and buried those biological weapons. After all, having moral problems doesn't mean having intellectual problems. As an unlucky turtle who was born mistakenly believing that 'eating is a great torment' because of Ji Xiaoge, after seeing truly delicious (or edible) food, Wang Badan became the one with the lowest resistance to Ji Xiaoge's cooking.

In this situation, even if it wanted to end its own life, if it hadn't considered the option of transforming into a dragon lich out of resentment, it would most likely have chosen a less painful way to kill itself rather than dying with its eyes wide open in dismay after eating its older sister's cooking.

In short, Wang Badan's retching just now was entirely because he was caught off guard and shared a tiny bit of Mo Tan's physical sensations through the 'blood pact,' and then almost died on the spot due to the excessively crazy surge.

There's a key point to this—

Gu Xiaole's extremely wild way of traveling is unimportant.

It doesn't matter how miserable Mo Tan was, almost being dragged into the air and flying around.

It doesn't matter that the turtle almost vomited bile because it only felt a tiny bit of it.

The important thing is that Wang Badan felt it wasn't appropriate for Ji Xiaoge to know about this.

Although Mo Tan didn't do anything shameful, and Ji Xiaoge certainly wouldn't mind Gu Xiaole bringing her online boyfriend to A Liang for a test, she would definitely be unhappy if her older sister found out that Xiaole was dragging her older brother around like a child.

Moreover, given the eldest sister's personality, even if she's unhappy, she usually won't let her brother know directly, but will try to silently process it.

But she's not the type who can truly hide her negative emotions and act like nothing's wrong. Plus, her older brother's intuition is incredibly accurate, so he'll probably sense it immediately if she's unhappy.

But the older brother is also a fool. Even if he can sense it, he gets stuck because he can't lie and doesn't want to lie, and then he gets caught in internal conflict.

This is absolutely outrageous.

In short, although he didn't mind his eldest sister being unhappy (because his eldest brother could coax her), nor did he mind his eldest brother's internal strife (because his eldest sister could coax him), he was very concerned about the two of them being unhappy and having internal conflicts. After thinking it over, Wang Badan finally decided to be the bad guy, make up a few lies, and get away with it.

"Ugh."

The turtle, who had collapsed back to the ground, sighed deeply. While checking on Mo Tan's situation through the blood pact link he had suppressed to its limit, he secretly glanced at Ji Xiaoge, who had returned to the [Absolutely Safe Cargo Ship] and was inspecting it with Yin Tian. He muttered under his breath, "When the hell will this ever end...?"

……

five minutes later
Red Cloud Terrace, Temporary Test Zone Sigma

"Hey, Brother Mo~"

A Liang, who was squatting by the observation point next to the testing area, had already known about Mo Tan's arrival through a friend's message, but he never expected her to arrive so quickly. He suddenly stood up and turned to look at the beautiful Onmyoji who had already established absolute prestige among the group of thugs and was well-loved by everyone: "Sister Xiao Le is here too?"

"Okay, I'll bring Mo-chan over and join you guys in doing some tests."

Gu Xiaole nodded vigorously and gave A Liang a bright and cheerful smile: "What? Aren't you welcome?"

"Welcome, welcome, of course you're welcome. I was just feeling a bit bored squatting here all by myself."

Ah Liang chuckled, then glanced subtly at Mo Tan, who had barely settled down and was now swaying as if he might kneel at any moment. He hesitated and asked, "So, Brother Mo... ate something bad?"

"Uh……"

Gu Xiaole, who realized immediately after arriving at the station that Mo Tan was not in a good state, scratched his head awkwardly and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Maybe I was too excited just now and ran a little too fast."

"..."

The servant spirit silently patted Mo Tan on the back and glared fiercely at Gu Xiaole: "Go to hell!"

"Who gives you the right to talk to me like that!"

Gu Xiaole immediately became agitated and angrily retorted, "You were clearly the one who ran faster than me just now! I was forced to speed up in order to catch up with you!"

"Humph."

Samurai pursed his lips, turned his head away somewhat guiltily, and then let out another "...Hmph!"

"I...it's okay."

Although he would probably have suffered comminuted fractures all over his body outside the game, Mo Tan, who possessed near-epic strength and a robust physique in the game, had already caught his breath. He stood up with some difficulty, supporting himself on his knees, and asked A Liang, "So, has the beacon been set up here?"

"It was set up a long time ago."

Ah Liang nodded, patted the dark red rune energy next to him that was completely different from the traditional engineering style of the Realm of Innocence. It was silver-white all over, and its flowing color was completely different from Lu Wei's signature blue rune energy, but the visual effect was very similar. It stood like a flagpole on the outer edge of the test field. He smiled and said, "It can be used for navigation at any time."

"Okay, I'll contact Pigeon's side."

Mo Tan nodded, then opened the friends panel and sent the message that he was in place and that A Liang had completed the beacon deployment.

……

One second later

Tianzhushan, the seventh outer mountain, in front of the temporary launch pad

"Phew, she really is with Sister Xiaole."

After sending Mo Tan a message saying "Received! Wait for my message!", Ji Xiaoge wiped her sweat, muttered to herself, and then turned to Yin Tian, who had just finished adjusting the parameters and was now bending over the control panel to check them, and said, "They're all OK over there."

"I'm almost done here too."

Despite lacking a background in Tianzhushan Special Engineering, Yin Tian, who had taken on almost 30% of Ji Xiaoge's workload, smiled and gave a thumbs up: "We can conduct ground-to-ground bombing operations at any time."

"I already said this wasn't a bombing, it was an airlift!"

Ji Xiaoge chuckled, then walked briskly to the control panel. While personally conducting a final check, she began issuing instructions to Mo Tan and confirming the procedures—

"I'm all set, could you please turn on the beacon?"

'It's already turned on, and the signal reading on the control panel is 825. Is there a problem?'

"No problem, as long as the reading is not lower than 500, it's within the normal range."

'Okay, does that mean it's successfully started?'

He really is with Sister Xiaole!

'Okay, seeing the numbers means it's started. How's the power consumption?'

How do I check the consumption status?

[Well, it's good that Sister Xiaole can rest assured... yeah, it's a good thing no matter how you look at it.]

There's a circular icon in the bottom left corner of the panel. What color is it now? Which of the following is it: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, or purple?

It's green, but it was yellow for a few seconds just now.

[That's normal, isn't it? Ya Ya and I are both very worried about him, and Xiao Le Jie must be worried too.]

"It's okay, just make sure it doesn't turn blue before the induction starts. But you guys need to keep an eye on the colors at each stage. Right now, anything below cyan is normal. During the induction stage, anything below blue, including blue, is normal. Purple is also allowed, but if it lasts longer than three seconds, it's not normal."

Okay, but I'm not confident I can distinguish between cyan and blue.

Just now, Sister Xiao Le must have been waiting for him outside the Ascension Fortress...

'I've made it very obvious; the blue is a deep color, and the cyan has a slightly greenish tint!'

Okay, I'll try my best.

Did they... already know each other?

'Shall I begin the launch process then?'

'Okay, keep it up.' [Is this before you even knew me?]

"Pfft, it's not like I'm flying over to your place, what's there to cheer me on for?"

I feel like I should give you some encouragement.

I didn't feel the bittersweet feeling described in the novel at all; I did feel a bit empty, though.

'Hehe, encouragement received! Shall I get started?'

'Um. ’

Ugh, what am I even thinking about...?

"Sister Yintian, the beacon has been confirmed."

"Okay, let me see. Preset target location confirmed: southern Red Cloud Plateau, code name: Sigma."

[Hmm, the location is fine, Sigma is fine, sigh, I feel like an idiot...]

"no problem."

"The cargo code [Absolutely Safe Cargo Number] has been confirmed. The cargo contents are 'Standard Weight Unit C', with a weight of 0.5 tons."

[The standard weight unit C is fine, and 0.5 tons is just right... Back then, should I have just forced him to become my official boyfriend instead of mentioning online dating...?]

"no problem."

"Fuel loading is 95%, Propellant III loading is 20%, the reinforced rune armor is operating stably, the preset location has been locked, the beacon identification device is activated and is operating well."

[95% fuel is correct, but it can't be filled to the brim. If the propellant exceeds 25%, it will burn. 20% is just right... No, no, that would be too much of a loss for me! Ugh, it seems like I'm already losing money pretty much...]

"no problem."

"Preset speed - Level 9".

[At this distance, the preset speed is level three, no problem... I still haven't gotten his phone number. He must be... having some difficulties, right?]

"no problem."

"Request ignition."

[Everything's fine, it's time to light the fire... Sigh, I wish I could help, but I can't just say to Mo, 'Do you have any unspeakable troubles you want to discuss with me?' That would be too silly.]

"Ignition permitted."

"Okay, start ignition, three-two-one, ignition complete, [Absolutely Safe Cargo], launch confirmed."

Is this what it feels like to be in love? My eyes feel dry, and I feel like crying...

"Ugh."

"Pigeon! Pigeon! Wear goggles when you light the fire! Don't you want to lose your eyes?!"

"oh oh!"

Ji Xiaoge then realized that the reason she felt like crying wasn't because of her emotional intelligence, but simply because she had forgotten to wear goggles when the [Absolutely Safe Cargo Ship] was ignited. She hurriedly put on the goggles that usually sat on her head like a hairpin, and then coughed lightly to cover up her embarrassment, saying with a dry laugh, "My head was full of data just now, and I didn't react for a moment."

"Really?"

Although he wasn't wearing goggles, he had somehow donned a hooded cloak, making him look remarkably like a villain. Yin Tian smiled and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you were distracted because your head was full of data?"

"Of course!"

Ji Xiaoge flapped her wings nervously and said in a serious tone, "This [Absolutely Safe Cargo Ship] is the culmination of our hard work. Not only did I specially ask the teacher for a lot of materials, but we also temporarily piled all the production capacity of our Ascension Fortress onto it. How can I not be nervous!"

Yin Tian smiled and said leisurely, "What you said is not wrong. After all, from an objective point of view, this is the first complete product in our Ascension Fortress in theory. Although the design was modified by Master Lu Wei and many of the materials that cannot be made now were moved from the workshop by you, it can still be regarded as a milestone creation."

"Right, right! That's why I'm taking this so seriously!"

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously, revealing a cute, embarrassed smile: "Moreover, after the [Absolutely Safe Cargo Ship] is completed, we received a special mission. If we can successfully complete the test launch, the sisters involved in the project will gain a lot of experience. We can't afford any mishaps."

Yin Tian shook his head and said softly, "These are all secondary. The main thing is that after hearing your story about those cannibalistic children, everyone wants to help out. If the [Cargo Ship] can really take on this kind of transportation task, it will be of great help to them, won't it?"

"Yeah, yeah."

The winged girl nodded vigorously like a dove pecking at rice, saying repeatedly, "That's exactly what I think. It would be great if it could help them."

"hehe."

Yin Tian smiled and then casually asked, "Speaking of which, Pigeon, you're not an only child, are you?"

Ji Xiaoge was taken aback: "Huh? How did you know?"

"Because although you're a bit carefree, you're really good at taking care of people and you're very considerate of others."

Yin Tian blinked and said in a light tone, "So I was wondering if you have a younger brother or sister or something. What, you guessed right?"

"Guessed it right."

Ji Xiaoge nodded vigorously and exclaimed, "Amazing!"

"Then let me guess again..."

With a shifty look in her eyes, she said softly, "Now that we've confirmed you're the older sister, your other child... well, he should be the younger brother, right? After all, everyone says that sibling relationships are much more harmonious than sister relationships."

"Haha, you guessed wrong! The one at home is actually my little sister! She's super cute!"

Wow, what an adorable little sister! Could it be...?

"Wait a minute!"

"Huh? What are you waiting for?"

"Is there a problem with the monitoring system? Why is the 'Absolutely Safe Cargo' moving so fast!?"

"Huh? No problem, isn't this how level nine speed should be..."

"Level nine!?"

"Yes, it's level nine."

"Isn't it level three?"

"I saw that the preset level was nine, and I read it to you."

"Uh, now that you mention it, I do seem to remember..."

"Now?"